§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what written directions his Department has given to the strategic health authorities to ensure the methods for calculating and presenting cancer allocation data in local delivery plans are transparent and nationally consistent; and when these directions were given. [124346]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonStrategic health authorities were sent guidance at the end of April 2003 detailing information needed to monitor the cancer investment element of local delivery plans. A copy of the guidance has been placed in the Library.